Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Nine Elderly Fire Victims in Residential Hotel, Miami, Florida, April 6, 1990
Early in the morning of April 6, 1990, a fire in a Miami Beach hotel killed nine occupants and injured 24, including 4 firefighters. The building, known as the Fontana Hotel, was originally constructed in 1951. Although the building was officially designated as a hotel, most of its occupants were elderly and used the building as a permanent residence. Of the nine fatalities, the youngest was over 75 years old. The building was equipped with hard-wired smoke detectors in guest rooms, a fire alarm system with manual stations and corridor smoke detectors, and standpipes. Other fire protection included solid-core 2O-minute doors on guest rooms and fire doors separating corridors. The fire department arrived to find the hotel's lobby fully involved and heavy fire venting from windows the width of the first floor. Heavy smoke and fire were spreading rapidly throughout the hotel. Numerous guests were rescued by firefighters. The fire destroyed the front portion of the structure, burning through the roof. The remainder of the hotel received smoke and heat damage, although many of the rooms were spared from fire damage. The building had received several improvements to fire safety features as a result of code enforcement activities of the Miami Beach Fire Department. Ironically, the building was required by State law to install an automatic sprinkler system in 1991.
Nine Elderly Fire Victims in Residential Hotel, Miami, Florida, April 6, 1990
Early in the morning of April 6, 1990, a fire in a Miami Beach hotel killed nine occupants and injured 24, including 4 firefighters. The building, known as the Fontana Hotel, was originally constructed in 1951. Although the building was officially designated as a hotel, most of its occupants were elderly and used the building as a permanent residence. Of the nine fatalities, the youngest was over 75 years old. The building was equipped with hard-wired smoke detectors in guest rooms, a fire alarm system with manual stations and corridor smoke detectors, and standpipes. Other fire protection included solid-core 2O-minute doors on guest rooms and fire doors separating corridors. The fire department arrived to find the hotel's lobby fully involved and heavy fire venting from windows the width of the first floor. Heavy smoke and fire were spreading rapidly throughout the hotel. Numerous guests were rescued by firefighters. The fire destroyed the front portion of the structure, burning through the roof. The remainder of the hotel received smoke and heat damage, although many of the rooms were spared from fire damage. The building had received several improvements to fire safety features as a result of code enforcement activities of the Miami Beach Fire Department. Ironically, the building was required by State law to install an automatic sprinkler system in 1991.
Nine Elderly Fire Victims in Residential Hotel, Miami, Florida, April 6, 1990
C. Jennings (Autor:in)
1990
46 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Fire Services, Law Enforcement, & Criminal Justice , Police, Fire, & Emergency Services , Public Health & Industrial Medicine , Social Concerns , Residential buildings , Fires , Elderly persons , Cause , Building structure , Fire protection equipment , Fatalities , Evacuation , Fire department , Investigations , Human behavior , Lessons learned , Fontana Hotel , Miami(Florida)
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